Patents by Inventor Charles Niblett

Charles Niblett has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Methods and Materials for Conferring Resistance to Pests and Pathogens of Plants
    Publication number: 20170121732
    Abstract: Methods and materials for conferring pest resistance to plants are provided. Plants are transformed with a silencing construct homologous to a gene of a plant pest that is essential for the survival, development, or pathogenicity of the pest. This results in the plant producing RNAi to the selected gene, which, when ingested by the pest results in silencing of the gene and a subsequent reduction of the pest's ability to harm the plant. In other embodiments, the pest's reduced ability to harm the plant is passed on to pest progeny. Methods and materials for depathogenesis of pests is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventor: Charles Niblett
  • Methods and materials for conferring resistance to pests and pathogens of plants
    Publication number: 20060095987
    Abstract: Methods and materials for conferring pest resistance to plants are provided. Plants are transformed with a silencing construct homologous to a gene of a plant pest that is essential for the survival, development, or pathogenicity of the pest. This results in the plant producing RNAi to the selected gene, which, when ingested by the pest results in silencing of the gene and a subsequent reduction of the pest's ability to harm the plant. In other embodiments, the pest's reduced ability to harm the plant is passed on to pest progeny. Methods and materials for depathogenesis of pests is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Inventor: Charles Niblett
  • Detection and differentiation of specific strains of citrus tristeza virus
    Patent number: 6869761
    Abstract: Nucleic acid probes for detecting different strains of Citrus Tristeza Virus (CTV) were made and shown to be highly sensitive, specific, and selective. The invention also concerns a method of detection, a method of identifying novel strains of CTV, and a detection kit which employs the subject probes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Inventor: Charles Niblett
  • Detection and differentiation of specific strains of citrus tristeza virus
    Patent number: 6140046
    Abstract: Nucleic acid probes for detecting different strains of Citrus Tristeza Virus (CTV) were made and shown to be highly sensitive, specific, and selective. The invention also concerns a method of detection, a method of identifying novel strains of CTV, and a detection kit which employs the subject probes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: University of Florida
    Inventor: Charles Niblett